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grappa (grä′pä)

noun

an Italian brandy distilled from the lees left after pressing grapes to make wine

Etymology: It < Gmc *krappa, akin to Frank *krappo: see grape

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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